First talk given to a school on the story of what led to the book "The Knitter".

1. Visit to Elmlea Junior School – 30 th March 2010 How a 16 line poem became a 330 page book

3. The Author….a few years ago!

4. My Father in the Home Guard, World War 2

5. Germany invades Poland on Sep 1 Britain declares war on Sep 3

6. My dad playing some music to my son and daughter (around 1985)

7. "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." Mahatma Gandhi

9. “ The Knitter” herself – my mum Finally gets into her local newspaper at 96 years old!

10. “ The Chapper-Up ” “ Should you lie a wee while before rising Tae jump right away you are loth The pow’r o’ his lungs is surprising And the whole villages kens yer sloth”

11. “ Wee Ann’s Fairies” “ Down the chimney, ‘ neath the door through the keyhole more and more”

13. “ L earn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi Visiting 10 Downing Street in 1931 A Final Thought From Mahatma Gandhi